Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!

"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

09 February 2010

Are we driving men away?

On any given Sunday here in Rome, the congregations attending Mass will be mostly women, and most of them will be elderly women. God bless ...

A Strange Sight: Nuns on Oprah!

The Holy Father recently called on priests to use the internet to preach and teach the Gospel. The Dominican Order regularly calls on its f...

08 February 2010

Rationalists, Doomsayers, & Survivors

Though not generally a big fan of horror movies, I really enjoyed The Mist (2001). Here's a very brief thematic summary from Wikipedia...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

American-style sex scandal hits the German Church. The Church in Europe is under both external and internal attack. Pay attention to the ...

Modernist crisis in religious life?

Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, recently addressed the ...

06 February 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

B.O.'s adviser for faith-based initiatives continues his anti-Catholic bigotry . This guy needs to go. Will we witness another bloody...

Catholic identity at the University of Dallas

John Allen reports on his participation in a recent panel discussion at the University of Dallas . The discussion topic: "The Identi...

05 February 2010

Just Say No to the Ouija

Now there's a pink Ouija board . . .just in case you want to introduce your daughters and granddaughters to the practice of occult divin...

04 February 2010

India spanks IPCC

The evangelism arm of the Church of Global Warming, the IPCC, is starting to unravel at lightening speed. The Indian government has announ...

Powerhouses of Prayer: O.P. Nuns

Another excerpt from the Holy Father's Wednesday general audience on St Dominic: + + + When Dominic died in 1221 in Bologna, the cit...

03 February 2010

Why is this Canadian premier coming to the US for surgery?

The Premier of Canada's Newfoundland province will travel to the U.S. for heart surgery. This choice by Premier Danny Williams should...

Recognize dissent for it is: corrosive

In his address to the bishops of England & Wales, the Holy Father challenged the prelates to "recognise dissent for what it is.&quo...

BXVI on St Dominic

At yesterday's general audience , BXVI spoke about Saint Dominic Guzmán, the founder of the Order of Preachers: Dear Brothers and Siste...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Thomas Sowell discusses the role of intellectuals in American society . As the last year has conclusively demonstrated being intellectually...

02 February 2010

Love hurts

4th Sunday OT: Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Jesus, once again, riles people up! He's good at that. ...

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